Raffi Cavoukian, better known simply as Raffi to his audiences, brings his family friendly sound to the Royal Theatre for a pair of Sunday afternoon shows on April 14.

The 70-year-old singer is hopping all over Canada and the U.S. performing songs from his newest album, Dog on the Floor, the majority of which he wrote in the comfort of his Salt Spring Island home. Some of the inspiration came from his new dog, Luna B次元官网网址� the new material includes B次元官网网址淟unaB次元官网网址檚 SongB次元官网网址� and B次元官网网址淲alking the Dog.B次元官网网址� The album also features a cover of George HarrisonB次元官网网址檚 B次元官网网址淗ere Comes the Sun,B次元官网网址� while other songs focus on peace and unity.

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Tickets to RaffiB次元官网网址檚 Royal Theatre shows, scheduled for 1 and 4 p.m., come with a digital download of either Dog on the Floor, Baby Beluga or his greatest hits collection: The Best of Raffi.

Entertaining children for over 40 years, he began his recording career with the 1976 album Singable Songs for the Very Young. Dog on the Floor is the Cairo-born singerB次元官网网址檚 25th album and first in four years, following 2015B次元官网网址檚 Owl Singalong.

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The folk singer is also known for his commitment to protecting children. In 2010, he founded the non-profit Raffi Foundation for Child Honouring. In March, the Foundation created a course based on his Covenant for Honouring Children, allowing people to study and apply its nine lifestyle principles to everyday life.

Tickets for RaffiB次元官网网址檚 concert start at $46.75. For more information or to purchase tickets, visit , call 250-386-6121, or drop by the Royal or McPherson theatre box office.

B次元官网网址� Felicia Santarossa, Monday Magazine contributor